| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.318 | Mine eyes smell onions, I shall weep anon. | Mine eyes smell Onions, I shall weepe anon: |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.170 | and indeed the tears live in an onion that should water | aud indeed the teares liue in an Onion, that should water |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.ii.35 | And I, an ass, am onion-eyed. For shame, | And I an Asse, am Onyon-ey'd; for shame, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.i.136 | Great men oft die by vile Besonians: | Great men oft dye by vilde Bezonions. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.ii.37 | for the lion's claws. And, most dear actors, eat no onions | for the Lions clawes. And most deare Actors, eate no Onions, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.1.124 | An onion will do well for such a shift, | An Onion wil do well for such a shift, |